UPost: Macy's Fire

Macy’s shoppers were forced to evacuate after a fire broke out under a store escalator in the Herald Square department store yesterday. Here are photos submitted by Post readers at the scene.

Firefighters arrive at Macy’s to battle the blaze.

The scene outside Macy’s in Manhattan’s Herald Square.

At first, officials evacuated only the third and fourth floors, but they then emptied the entire store. It took 25 minutes for firefighters to get the blaze under control.

Firefighters arrive at Macy’s Herald Square to put out a blaze that began under an escalator near the Broadway end of the building between the second and third floors as last-minute shoppers huddled around clearance racks and checkout counters.